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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">De :</SPAN></B> MIKE OSSIPOFF <nkklrp@hotmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">À :</SPAN></B> election-methods@electorama.com <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Envoyé le :</SPAN></B> Samedi 26 Novembre 2011 13h39<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Objet :</SPAN></B> [EM] An ABE solution<BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR>Kevin said:<BR><BR>By definition an election method doesn't use<BR>approval ballots. <BR><BR>[endquote]<BR><BR>Whose definition? </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">This was answered in the first part of the paragraph that you're quoting. What Woodall calls a preferential</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">election rule is by definition a rank method.</DIV>
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